Posted on 01/03/2022 11:03:56 AM PST by Red Badger
How come people can do so much with smart phones far, far away from any routers?
Make sure you have the router elevated up. They higher the better. Then make sure that you play with the antennae where it’s not just the 3 pointing up. Aim one horizontal and play with different directions. Best to also make sure nothing is blocking the signal. Then take you cell phone and download a Wi-Fi signal app and start walking towards your shop. See how far you get before the signal drops. Then mess with the antennas again and see if the signal doesn’t improve.
If you have connection problems don’t forget to change the router’s channel. Manufacture’s site should have instructions for that. When you install one they’re all set to the same default channel. Only good if yours is the only router around. They will recommend a few other channels. I don’t use any of those but one they didn’t list. Haven’t had problems in over a decade.
That is funny to read that. It’s like saying using your motorcycle will increase the gas milage of your car.
Exactly!
I went with the Amplify mesh setup.
They’re from Ubuiquity but all the mesh connections are done via wifi so you just plug the base unit into your cable modem (and the wall) and the satellite units into the wall. It ships with two satellite units. The thing “just works”. Perfect coverage over entire house plus the phone app also gives you all the diagnostics and management you need. Cannot recommend highly enough.
A Faraday cage is actually something that totally blocks the signals. That sort of thing doesn’t give you a boost.
Use a router in the 5GHz range. The microwave oven is competing with the 2.4GHz WIFI.
Because they are using their phone’s tower connection rather than the local WIFI.
I’m at 155.61 download and 32.76 upload when my VPN is on.
Without VPN I’m at 138.95 download & 162.68 upload.
Oddly enough, I’m a few feet from my router. When I’m on the opposite end of the house the rates are faster.
Hah. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! I was with AT&T. Tech support was some high school kid in Manila running down a checksheet. Nothing - nada, zero, zilch - ever got done. Before I gave them the heave-ho I was getting 20Kbps on an average day. Yes, that's a K, not an M or a G. I have the screen shots to prove it.
If you’re using Win-7-8-10, download this file, and try this one:
speedtestbyookla_x64.msi
Yeah, that’s what I use. My office asks us to run it periodically. And I have it on my personal laptop.
2.4 ghz wifi and microwaves are darn close in frequencies (actually overlap) and that is a very common problem. Given how weak wifi signals are (in the mili watt range) an the 1000+ watts a microwave puts out, wifi safe microwaves are not realistic because the shielding would triple the price. Switch to 5 ghz and no more problems. Almost all routers unless it is 15 years old can do 5 ghz. If your laptop or desktop is also ancient, a $10 usb 5 ghz unobtrusive little wifi unit will solve your problems.
Turn off beam forming and MIMO. They are teats on a boar unless your client expressly supports them and the implicit beam forming just doesnt work.
If for some crazy reason your wifi router doesnt do 5 ghz, something cheap like this works as a fine router. https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-AC1750-WiFi-Router-RT-AC65/dp/B091D71M6P or this https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-AC1750-Smart-WiFi-Router/dp/B079JD7F7G
If it just your computer that does not do 5 ghz, something like this adds it https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Mini-Wireless-Supports-10-9-10-14/dp/B07PB1X4CN and something like this adds it with a lot more range because of the antenna https://www.amazon.com/wireless-USB-WiFi-Adapter-PC/dp/B07P5PRK7J
Thank you. But, then, why can’t computers use connections to cell towers?
Thanks for the feedback.
I’ve since moved house and my office is now where my router is - so I switched to a wired connection.
The cellular network is at the end of its capacity handling the voice and media demands currently placed upon it by its users. That is why the 5G networks are being deployed.
That's the A Ticket. It's wireless and solves the problem. Way too much brain damage with most of the suggestions in this article.
We have a two story house with the router in the basement. Installed an extender on the main floor. Problem solved. My signal at home is stronger than my signal at work.
My wife’s company was sending their HP 4100’s to the dump and I procured one. It prints duplex on 28 lb paper which is perfect for printing planners intended for fountain pens.
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